The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 1914
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -109
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -24.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.22° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.95° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.